72+ EFL Pod: Forty years of the play-offs
Football Daily
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Play-off winners Tommy Smith, Lyle Taylor and Darrell Clarke are with Aaron Paul to celebrate 40 years of the play-offs.
Former Sheffield Wednesday boss Darren Moore joins the pod to reflect on one of the greatest playoff games of the last 40 years, the ‘Miracle of Hillsborough’, when the Owls came from beat Peterborough 5-1 in the second leg to overcome a 4-0 first leg deficit and make it to the 2023 League One play-off final.
Jobi McAnuff, Jed Wallace, Troy Deeney, and Phil Brown have sent voice notes to have their say too, remember you can send yours on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.
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Timecodes: 09:38 – Jed Wallace voice note 10:30 – Darren Moore reflects on the 'Miracle of Hillsborough 23:52 – MID 24:38 – Jobi McAnuff voice note 26:26 – Troy Deeney voice note 31:50 – Phil Brown voice note 35:36 – Alex Bruce voice note 38:00 – Sam Parkin voice note 40:24 – Aaron McLean voice note 41:45 - Massimo Luongo voice note 43:06 – The future of the playoffs
Commentaries this week: 13th May – 2000 – Hearts v Falkirk – Scottish Premiership 16th May – 1230 – Celtic v Hearts – Scottish Premiership 16th May – 1500 – Manchester City v Chelsea – FA Cup Final 17th May – 1500 – Leeds v Brighton – Premier League 17th May – 1500 – Brentford v Crystal Palace – Premier League 17th May – 1730 – Newcastle United v West Ham – Premier League
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| 0:39.6 | Welcome everybody to a very special edition of 72 plus, |
| 0:43.5 | the home of the EFL from Five Livesport. |
| 0:46.3 | We celebrate 40 years of the playoffs. |
| 0:49.8 | We will take you on a trip down memory lane |
| 0:51.6 | and bring you right up to date with the live action this evening and with us for it all. |
| 0:56.7 | 2017 championship playoff winner, former Huddersfield, Captain Tommy Smith, |
| 1:01.2 | 2016 and 2019 playoff winner with Wimbledon and Charlton, Larl Taylor, and 2022 |
| 1:07.2 | League 2 player winner with Port Vale, Darrell Clark. |
| 1:10.0 | We've got all three leagues covered there |
| 1:11.5 | Tommy it's all about the playoffs tonight 40 years and what I'd call the most incredible set to |
| 1:17.1 | fixtures you can have at the end of of a season it really really is just pure excitement what's it |
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